Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin

An anonymous reader shares a report: If you're a fan of uBlock Origin, don't be surprised if it stops functioning on Chrome. The Google-owned browser has started disabling the free ad blocker as part of the company's plan to phase out older 'Manifest V2' extensions. On Tuesday, the developer of uBlock Origin, Raymond Hill, retweeted a screenshot from one user, showing the Chrome browser disabling the ad blocker. 'These extensions are no longer supported. Chrome recommends that you remove them,' the pop-up from the Chrome browser told the user. In response, Hill wrote: 'The depreciation of uBO in the Chrome Web Store has started.'

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